Monday, September 30, 2013

You know you've had too full of a weekend when you look forward to Monday.

I need a nap.

I didn't really take any pics this weekend so you're stuck with these. I broke out my star headband that I adore. But, after wearing it remembered why I don't wear it often. Headache! And THIS is my new favorite investment piece. I'm pretty sure it's going to win the popularity contest this fall over eveything else in my closet.

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Today I...Pulled a shirt out of Lucy's dirty clothes, ironed it, and made her wear it.Spit on Kelson hair to style it.Made Berks go comando after he pooped his pants.As usual, we're talking mom of the year around here!

Next...Pretty sure I promised these. Here are some pics of the dining room. Let's not kid ourselves they suck but, they'll have to do for now.

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

First of all I just need to get this out of the way. Crewcuts (j. crew for kids) has the stinkin CUTEST clothes for fall. They are stupid expensive but OMGOSH daaaaarrrrrling! Seriously? THIS is killing me. 25% off sale going on now. Hey, it's better than a moldy piece of cheese!

These boots are begging to come live at my house. I'm thinking they would get along famously with my pink cowboy boots. That I never wear but they're pink! Doesn't every girl need a pair of pink cowboy boots in her closet?

And for a moment let's revisit the topic of dance (love that sweatshirt above btw). I don't think I mentioned this but I'm back teaching dance at a local studio. I can't decide if I'm loving it, but that's a story for another day. Today in class a little girl picked her nose and showed her booger to me. That is not where I was going with this dance story but, thought I'd throw that in for a happy thought.You're welcome.

Anyway...

Today I decided I was going to teach them (them being 3 yr olds) how to do the splits. Let me remind you I am old. Petty much too old to be demonstrating to 3 yr olds how to do the splits. Especially cold turkey! After being heavily warmed up maybe. But cold turkey? My brain must have been suffering from booger shock.

Friday, September 6, 2013

We have found an extra happy home. What's the secret? Removal of the T.V. from the main living area of our home. Impossible? Your husband would never allow it? Your kids would be deprived?

Maybe? For us it has been pretty awesome.

I'm not the crazy mother who forbids television. Honestly, the reason why we did it was because we bought an amazing couch for the bonus room months ago that wasn't getting used because there was no T.V. to watch and buying a new fancy T.V. was not a proirity. So, we had a moving party.

It has brought quiet dinners (ok not really there are still kids involved), uninterrupted conversations (ok not really again there are still kids involved), and an overall added quiteness (ok, ok if it wasn't for those kids!)

I was against it for a really long time. Mostly because of price and maintenance. Unless you find a groupon they can run about $200 for a full set. (from a salon) THEN...there's the stinkin upkeep. Every two weeks they told me. Every two weeks $85-$125 for a fill?? (in a salon)

Application takes FOREVER! (2-3 hours for full set) A synthetic lash is literally glued to every single one of your own lashes. I have friends who get fills every two weeks and I have some that go three. I on the other hand go four weeks and could probably go longer. They are slightly high maintanence. I don't wear mascara with mine and it's highly recommended not to. You don't need it! Why spend that kind of money on beautiful fake lashes to gunk them up with mascara? That's my opinion anyway. I personally haven't had any problems at all with mine but, I've heard a handful of wierdo stories. (glue reactions, loss of lashes, etc.) You have to groom them and you need to be careful around water. No face scrubbing or eye rubbing.

They do fall out, they do grow out and get creepy long (I pull those out), and you can get them removed if you hate them.

And...They make great save-it-for-later treat catchers. HUH?Here's my funny lash story that's probably not all that funny. Well sorta funny. The other night I took my kids out to dinner to one of our favorite local resturants where they serve slices of delicious rootbeer cake. You know me and my cake! Anyway, my cake eating/devouring apparently got a little out of hand because long after our resturant departure and about five stores later Kels looked and me and said, "Uh Mom, I think you have a piece of cake in your eyelahses." Yep, sure enough. I had a big hunka chunk of rootbeer cake stuck in my lashes.You know...just saving it for later.